Good morning. It’s the Freedom New Mexico Thursday morning briefing. Changes at Marshall Due to construction, Marshall Middle School will be closing the access road between the front of the school and Citizens Bank each day from 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. School officials say it’s necessary for the […]

Portales Daily News: Steel for the new Portales Hotel was being unloaded at the building site today, and steel riggers are due here tomorrow to start work. Most of the brick and tile for the four-story, 60-room structure was on the ground.

By Argen Duncan: PNT senior writer A dilapidated building has become a new downtown event facility with brick and concrete interior walls, rusty antiques for decoration and open-air rooms. Portales MainStreet has renovated the former Bishop Printing building on Main Street to become the Stargazer, named for the two roofless rooms at the front of […]

• Trader Horns True Value hosted a Christmas in August sale, featuring many items that were marked down 20 to 30 percent off. • A four bedroom, three bath all brick home on Kansas Drive was advertised by Justus Realty for $85,000. • Cookbooks were being sold for $5 each by the Roosevelt County Council of Homemakers […]